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Home My WebLink About09/12/2017 - Minutes . City of Renton - Board of Park Commissioners .'�',� Meeting Minutes �� September 12, 2017—City Hall � 1. CALL TO ORDER In Attendance: Members: Marlene Winter, Cynthia Burns,AI Dieckman, Larry Reymann,Tim Searing,Shun Takano,and Troy Wigestrand City Staff: Kelly Beymer, Leslie Betlach, Cailin Hunsaker, and Roberta Graver Chair Marlene Winter called the meeting to order at 4:30pm. Roll call was taken.All board commissioners were present except for Avni Mungra,who had contacted Roberta Graver to report her absence. Cynthia Burns made a motion to excuse Avni Mungra;Shun Takano seconded, all were in favor, motion carried. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Cynthia Burns made a motion, seconded by Larry Reymann to approve the agenda as presented; all were in favor, motion carried,and the agenda was approved. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Troy identified typographical errors in the June 13,2017 meeting minutes.Troy Wigestrand made a motion to approve the June 13, 2017 minutes as amended; Larry Reymann seconded, all were in favor, motion carried,and the minutes were approved. 4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 5. BOARD COMMUNICATION Benson Hill–Community Plan Advisory Board(BHCPABJ— No update, next meeting in December 2017. Student Report—none Other–Larry shared that the Salmon Journey Program will be touring the Cedar River on 10/14/17 with 20-30 kids. 6. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS Custer Naming Request–The board further discussed the facility naming request. It was discussed to decline the request and instead to offer to rename a room in either the Renton Community Center,the Renton Senior Activity Center, or Carco Theater to honor Mr. Custer's life work,and accomplishments. Larry Reymann motioned to decline the request to rename the Renton Community Center after Mr. Donald Custer and to offer instead a room within one of the following city facilities to be named after Mr. Custer:the Renton Community Center,the Renton Senior Activity Center, or Carco Theater.AI Dieckman seconded, all were in favor, and the motion carried. The board will forward this recommendation to the mayor for consideration in this matter.The Administrator will provide notification to the Custer Family. City Center Plan–Kelly discussed the upcoming 2"d public meeting about revising the cross section for the Cedar River Trail along North Riverside Drive as part of the City Center Plan, managed by the City of Renton Community and Economic Development Department.The meeting is only to discuss a conceptual plan that's being amended in the City Center Plan,and not a project that is scheduled to start.The public hearing will be on September 20, 2017. Cedar River pog Park Update–Parks Maintenance Manager,Steve Brown reported that the dog park has reopened City of Renton-Park Board Minutes September 12, 2017 Page 2 of 2 as it was closed for three weeks as a precaution.This was in response to a possible Parvo exposure at the dog park. After consulting with local veterinarians and treating the corral,fencing,apparatus surfaces,and water bowls with the recommended bleach solution,and waiting the recommended time frame, it was reopened. During the closure the maintenance staff took the opportunity to address some drainage issues. Upcoming Topics—Marlene stated that October's meeting will include Leslie Betlach's update on the Trails and Bicycle Master Plan and to visit Coulon Park to tour Bird Island. If time allows they will view the structural condition assessment area near Ivar's. November's meeting will include Neighborhood Program Coordinator, Drey Hicks giving an update on the summer neighborhood activities and grants.Cailin Hunsaker will also give an update on homeless camp locations and cleanups.A preliminary suggestion is to visit the Kenyon Dobson property in the spring,and to organize a `beautification project'with the other department boards and committees for the Benson Coal Mine Lift site. 7. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT Upcoming city events/meetings: A.September 23 and 24—Renton Multi-Cultural Festival B.September 28- Bikes and Trails Master Plan Open House the Senior Activity Center, 6:00—8:OOpm C.October 2—Joint Planning Commission &the Committee of the Whole Workshop—Downtown Civic Core Vision and Action P�an D.October 11—3`d Public Open House for the Civic Core Plan 8. ADJOURNMENT Cynthia Burns motioned to adjourn,Tim Searing seconded; all were in favor, motion carried,and the meeting adjourned at 5:38 pm. .� ��,�-�-. !��-�` :��, Signature Dafe � � � � � � � � � � � � . . . . - - - - . . - . . . . - - . . - . - . '� � . '� - - • . . . . . . - - . - � • - - AUGUST RENTON HISTORY DAY AT THE RENTON FARMERS `' MARKET �� Tuesday,August 29 '� ' �`'- �� 3:00 - 7:00pm �,: � � � � Join us at the Farmers Market to celebrate Renton's foodie ,��s , , � °� '� �i,;a history. There will be classic recipes, historic photos, and fun �,, �;� activities for all. T a�T v '`�"`,m SEPTEMBER � � � ��"��; � '� WHAT'S YOURSTORY?-EVERYONE HAS ONE, SHARE .� �_ ��A �� , �� IT AT THE RENTON MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL! � �.�� ; ��'�� : � �� "ti��:_, - "-�� Saturday,September 23 �' � �� 4�� v `' 4:00 - 6:00 pm ; r ��'" � � ,� � � . � � Join us in the Storytelling Tent at the Multicultural festival to share " � �r w ��-� your s tory. T he Museum wi l l be documen ting an d preserving t he �� ' � ° '*�� stories to add to the museum's collection, representing contemporary Renton. Check out http://rentonwa.gov/rentonfestival for more info. ` � � � GENERAT/NG GENEALOGY- INTRODUCTION TO �� ' GENEALOGY WORKSHOP I`� � Saturday,September 30 11:00 - 12:00 pm �� ' � Learn more about conducting genealogical research with the .. � , � Museum's own Curator, Sarah Samson. Learn the basics about starting a research project and the type of materials available `� . � .� / �� to you at the Renton Nistory Museum. Renton Nistory Museum ` r r r r r� 235 Mill Avenue South �" '� Renton,WA 98057 '� RENTON HISTORY . CULTURE MUSEUM phone:425.255.2330 Email:kowens@rentonwa.gov � � � � � � � � � � � - - . . . . . - - - - . . - . . . . - - . . - . - . '� � . '� - - • . . . . . . - - . - � • - - OCTOBER �� '� H/STORYMAK/NG PARTYANNUAL FUNDRAISER Tuesday,October 17 Doors open at 6:30 pm ��:, �° r t Join the Renton Nistorical Society at the Senior Activity _ _-_ Center for our auction fundraiser! The event will feature -- -=� upcycled antique furniture and art from local artists, along • � • with auction baskets. Event includes dinner, rafFle, auctions, and dessert dash! Call the museum for ticket information. - SM/TH COVE:A PROH/B/T/ON SHANT Y TOWN AND � �' /TS D/VERSE RES/DENTS � - Saturday, October 21 �` ��.: 11:00 - 12:00 pm � Local Archaeologist Dr. Alicia Valentino shares a look at a multi- cultural, low-income community circa the 1930s. Artifacts recovered Gao Zong'Coin-Photo provided by ESA demonstrate the continued presence of ethnic populations that Collection located at the Burke Museum were discouraged, if not forbidden, to reside within city limits, and their attempts to maintain their heritage using everyday materials. ., :, , _ .. ,,��r ; "WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN:WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT °"s L �� r��r�'' OUR ANCIENT PREDECESSORS" BY LLYN DE DANAAN �.�,_.�,.,. �;��;�,, :� Thursday, October 26 .;, �` - 6:00 - 7:00pm :��':,� �"�- ,�, De Danaan explores our origins,what it means to be human, and ' ,� ' ¢ � -'` examines recent finds that have altered our understanding of our ' '�1� k ,' ��'� P�b .�``��_'° .� past.What will it mean to be human in the future as new technologies - challenge our own intelligence and hard-won skills? Courtesy of Numanities Washington. Renton Nistory Museum . r r r r r� 235 Mill Avenue South �o Renton,WA 98057 � � � � RENTON HISTORY . CULTURE MUSEUM phone:425.255.2330 Email:kowens@rentonwa.gov . , � �, --_ �r I : � , ti Memoraal � l�' � i . '•.: �� f.� C-. m, _., ( ' ; I_ �� r,�' ' �3t� I--;f P�rk Heritage � Q�� Il ,� �� , —r� � t � � �� - �_ I n�s i. _ a��, ..- � } �, I �Cemeteryy I I, Park o ar�H.l � � r�' !k Ma�ant I�``�� f� :_� _ ,� i �� , : t! ��t ��rt �iar �liuet .; %� ,I_-L � �� !� �� I r- � i- Par Cemeter i �y �- C ~ i� ; �,�� ,� Riv�r rk �,�� 1�� 1��'��, (�� --- r.7� �' i� M��alewoa�i Rentx� � � ° � -�� H�igk�ts Elem i' , r � � �rnm�nity C �ee :, ',�' l'�' ��` �'�� u� �'�i I� Ma I�wood -- f�a s _ = 1 —•�f�I��, ._3 �X ^��,�� ,s_ Corr�rmunity P: � � .��,� '° Rivervi�w �:,`�.=t �:=� � i-*�xP'r�r C)ff Leash ' Park =�� 't M1�plewcr�d � r�nrc - — - -_ #��rk �ii � pog Park �-- Ma�lewaQd --L c, ��.� I _ �tS�l �� s � � , i Cedar Ri�re `�RcS�dsld� �/ t i� i � -''--PBrk '�.:�, h�atural Are� ' ll ��L � - ��^ �..��ti . � '. � --. 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Ar c es rr rr rr RENTON DOG PARK/ DENNY-RENTON CLAY&COAL CO. REN7��11 HISTflRY Prepared by Elizabeth P. Stewart, Renton History Museum �� August 2017 In 1901 two California entrepreneurs— � James Doyle and J. R. Miller— � i discovered that the clay covering the � coalfields in Renton could be fired into ' - i E high-quality bricks.They organized the � short-lived Renton Clay Works on the � � � _ { ' south bank of the Cedar River.The �1-�"'��'��'�: �^ "Y{ " proximity of the clay to the coal that `�.. � ��'• ,•�: �� ;� � r, .' ::.. ' could be used to stoke firing kilns made � �; .. a- � � �� . � �.: Renton an ideal location for brick- 6; �4� � ��L-=� i �""�"� �� _ -`: .�_ makin The Renton Cla Works' first � }�" R` �"' � `'�� y£ �_ . '�` g• Y �„ ��`� ��-` � - finished products were turned out in �:�,,,, ��,, -��.�,�.� � '� � "`�� April 1902 and the whole town came �` ��'� �"� � " ' �`'�� '� -�,� �`- � z�, �f �� , � ��,� out to see what was happening on the ¢�� '" �' � � '��,� '�,�, r �� site. � �� ..,_ -� ��"�� - I r � � �.�,. �A ` rw��,� � �> '� � ... �" � �� _ `�y'-�-r�� I �`�''� `� :,� �� In 1905 the Denny Clay Co., founded by �ah � � � �-�.� �. �_. � :;,, ' � � Seattle pioneer Arthur Denny, Denny-Renton Clay&Coal Co., 1907, looking northwest toward purchased a majority share in Doyle North Renton. (#1967.999.0141) and Miller's little company, and it became the Denny-Renton Clay&Coal Co. Over the next 15 years or so the company became the largest manufacturer of paving brick in the world. Products were shipped as far away as San Francisco, South Africa, and Chile, to meet the needs of the worldwide building boom. Denny-Renton turned out hundreds of thousands of brick pavers. t� � �' �-II Denny-Renton Clay& Coal gradually diversified to �- produce sewer tile, chemical tank and chimney flue � - lining, conduits, and roof and drain tiles. Workers at � ��,i ,��j�' -�� , , i—'_ the company also produced one-of-kind architectural �'�1'��,�� ;;0� � — embellishments for the finer buildings in Seattle, like � �"�� „ �.� ' the walruses on the Arctic Club Building. ��'�w�-u,�,��':"��I '� i� ' '' � ,�` 'k.. ' -if �^i, . � �` ��..� �� At its peak, the company employed 200-250 workers �� ;' �. � $; '- - who produced 250,000 bricks a day. But the rise of the � � �� - � � � r < � - �'�� automobile spelled the end of demand for paving 1;�:�� bricks. Drivers demanded smoother paved roads, and 1� �`'�.`�-�~'; �, ' *- cars wore down brick roads, anyway, requiring cities to Workers at Denny-Renton, 1910. make costly repairs. WWI made a decisive shift from (#1999.027.1825) horse to car and that was the end of new brick streets. In 1927 Gladding McBean & Co., a San Francisco company, purchased Denny-Renton, and refocused production on roof tiles and construction brick. Gladding McBean planned an ambitious modernization of the plant, but the Crash of 1929 scaled back those plans. The company did add machinery to produce sewer tile and harder refractory brick for furnaces and fireplaces; eventually, market demand left the company making only refractory brick. � r� _ �: _ : 1.y` �� /'�.�r� ll�+�m u,+�' ' ' � .f� y .,�� - M�i J < .�3p� � f.�m�, �. .-'.._:.I ' '.' �'.�:.. . :.'�. � f--_� _ �`� �,. .. .��r. 5 r_ � 'r�. � - � �, ' � �, ~�`�� - -. �: �� , - '�°�-� -- 4 - = .�1� . // �..L��;� .. �4 � ��. �,,`. 1' s I�"��- _ _ -:"� - _ l,� /'�i �s 4.F.��' •� ,,�. 'x $ I s - . . _. � f.r'.�� t g '� " �' i x r �� a � � . s � �..u6 . I '! ` AB1V_fi � F� � �4 R.w= ��4p� �. 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'� � - �� -_ -. . , Kilns of Gladding McBean Co. during In 1962 Gladding McBean merged with another company the Depression. (#1980.100.10765) and became the International Pipe and Ceramics Co., or Interpace. Changing needs made Renton's shale obsolete and the plant began using raw materials from Issaquah, Enumclaw, Spokane, and California. As the market continued to shrink, North American Refractories Co., or NARCO, purchased the company in 1983. After the mid-1980s,though the factory was still operating, NARCO's payroll shrank to 30 employees, then 10 employees. The City of Renton eyed the Narco property in the late 1980s,to combine with existing amenities of the Cedar River Community Park planned in the late 1960s, but could not reach agreement with the company on a fair price. In 1992 the company closed the factory, at 90 years old Renton's longest-running industry. In 2006 the City announced a long-term plan for the development of the Narco site into soccer fields, green space, and environmental education around the river. In the meantime a Dog Park Task Force formed in March 2008 and identified the NARCO site as the best for an off-leash park in Renton; the nearest off-leash dog park was in Marymoor Park in Redmond. RUFF (Rentonites United for Furry Friends) raised funds to match City of Renton investment in the park.Thanks to donations of cash and volunteer labor,the park opened June 26, 2009. Renton Coal Mine Hoist Foundation rr ri ir Prepared by Elizabeth P. Stewart, Renton History Museum RENTrQN HI�TURY August 2017 ��E�� The Black River in Renton was the site of the very first attempt at coal mining in King County, with a small mine was started in 1853 by R. M. Bigelow and two partners. Conflicts ` � with the Duwamish in " ' 1855 shut this first mine �t•s L� ' � _- down. In 1873 a group of _ � � - ` investors led by Erasmus ° ` y a ,� �- --_ 4�g'.,_ - �-` ��,,.�+ �� - � Smithers, Thomas Morris, •t }, a ��,� - and Charles Shattuck -__ _ # =� ' opened a new mine a mile Renton Coal mine, ca. 1900, from the southeast. Benson Road above the town, with Capt. viaduct is at the center; the mine hoist building is the second from William Renton as an the left in the middle ground. (#41.0650) investor; the present-day Mine Hoist Foundation is roughly at the center of this site. At first the coal was sent down a tram road to barges on Lake Washington, then Lake Union, but as the industry grew the Seattle-Walla Walla Railroad served Renton, Newcastle, then Black Diamond and Franklin. It later became the Pacific Coast Railroad. In 1876 the Renton and Talbot Mines shipped over 26,000 tons of coal to San Francisco. By the 1880s western Washington as a whole was shipping 200,000 tons to San Francisco; by 1907 1.5M tons was coming out of King County. Unlike many neighboring company towns, after 1895 Renton's mine was operated by the Renton Cooperative Coal Co., in which miners purchased shares in the mine for$100, which entitled them to pull up to four carloads out a day. Loads were pulled out first by mules and then by small hoists which could take the cars the rest of the way to the surface, since mules could only handle an incline of 12 to 14 degrees. Sometime after the Renton Cooperative Coal Co. sold the Renton Mine to Seattle Electric Co. in 1901, the company modernized the mine by switching from mules and manpower to a more modern steam hoist system for pulling cars loaded with coal—or miners at the end of a shift— out of the mine. The giant hoist system was housed inside a building, along with the steam boilers that powered it; steel cables, called "ropes," were attached to a string of mine cars to drag them to the surface. The men who shepherded the loaded cars up the surface were called "rope-riders." Miner Frank "Brownie" Storey once _,� �� , - � ��.,,,.; operated the mine hoist and he �-�`- �,�� '"' " '� remembered in 1984: "Another �4� R_ � `�� ~ ' �i� ,�� - � � � thing about the old coal mine was -� ��. - - .-�p : _ � , r : � _ �� : rather spectacular... that the hoist � � ! �,' 4 .=,f , pulling the coal out of the mine '� `�-' ' �,� ��;�: i},�: was a steam hoist. And the steam ,,,3 , was fed to it from two boilers that � -�` ��_�y. the had that was uite lar e. The �-� '�"-. " "�'�'•rM Y q g �� .�: ,�_: , . . steam boilers also made the " • " " �,"�. ,r. �t;u� f. electricity for the mine. And when �"�� the empty coal cars were fed back . � down into the mine, they lowered � �'' ,� .,� them down with this huge hoist on Interior of the Renton mine hoist building, 1914,with Frank compression and the hoist would Ames operating. (#1966.000.0649) whistle so that the noise from this compression, as they lowered the cars down into the mine, could be heard as far as Renton Junction and I imagine close to Kent, it made that much noise."The hoist could lift up to nine fully loaded cars at a time. A "motorman" would move the cars to the coal bunkers (under the south end of today's Sam's Club), dump the coal, and then return the empty cars to the top of the incline, where their own weight and momentum would return them to the mine interior. The Renton Coal Mine closed in 1918 after a mine fire. William Strain re-opened it briefly in the 1920s. But by the early 1920s national increases in oil production and the poor quality of the coal that was left in King County mines combined to make coal mining here unprofitable. The last operating mine, in Newcastle, closed in 1962. The Mine Hoist Foundation is one of the last physical �-• � �� ^I remnants of the industry that gave Renton its start. k` . . '� ��,I !��u,..I� I �� 1 t�,'�� ,� '� ��' ' ,� , The Renton Historical Society had it listed on the King s. -' ' a�� ` " °�=— County Historic Register and the Washington Heritage � �� Register in 1975. In August 2013 the Renton Historical lt�� } � ,.k: _r '� � �.� ,� Society, the Renton Municipal Arts Commission, and �� _, � �•<. _ _ .��; 4Culture funded an art installation and performance ,� � ��,. - �;� . �-�' ��''��,� ��,r,r,� , ,. �h project by artist Kristin Shimick titled "Infinity Loop," y-..��,�,,�� '�"'"-�j`+�� which interpreted the site's geologic and human �. , � . �-... r��-�� + - � �:,.� . z�� ,.,- � � h i sto ry.